On Sun, 03 Mar 2002 11:15:29 -0800, Sam Ewalt wrote: >> sometimes when I load a page (pictures are off) then decide to look >> at the pictures, since the stupid webmasters didnt write any text for >> instance - anyway, I download pictures and they seem to download, but >> for some reason not all will display, they just show as a red box? I >> can make it download again by right click on image, then reload then >> back but its a bit strange, not sure where that bug is (maybe in the >> jpeg->bmp part?)
> I always surf with "pictures on" and from time to time I get red > squares instead of a picture > multiple pictures--but it doesn't happen consistently > I can't prove a relationship, but it also seems to happen more when > the cache is relatively full > I'll try your "right click then reload then back" procedure and see if > it does anything for me > Maybe Glenn has some understanding of the "red sqaure" problem and > can elucidate If you are using either v1.69 or v1.70..... The problem is that with "Multitasking Yes" and "HTTPkeepAlive Yes" Arachne is too fast for some sites. We endup with some images not grabbed because Arachne was faster in making requests than the site was able to accomplish with only 2 connections open. (as you may already know, Arachne is limited to only 2 simultanious connections). Try turning off one or the other. (Multitasking No, or HTTPkeepAlive No) See if you then get all of the images at that site at that time. Again, this will not always happen at the same site at a different time. (it depends upon how many users are making requests of that server at that particular time) __________ 2 more possible causes, The red box (in some very few cases), might also be due to the image not being there at-all. (incorrect URL in the page SRC) And in some few cases.... "off site" images which cannot be accessed for some reason. (incorrect URL, off-site server down, etc, etc) Example of both... http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/redboxes.htm -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
